A Florida boater caught a red blanket octopus on camera. Blanket octopuses are occasionally spotted deep in the sea. Female blanket octopuses are the only ones to have the blanket features. A Florida ...

A couple helped an octopus back into the sea after spotting the rare creature at Penrhos beach near Holyhead. NorthWalesLive reported octopus sightings on dry land are extremely rare and Jamie and ...

In 2013, a team of geochemists off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica sent underwater vehicles to explore the Dorado Outcrop, a rocky patch of seafloor 150 miles from land. They hoped to gather samples ...

The tiny octopuses are found in Australia’s and Japan’s coastal waters, where they take cover in coral reefs and tide pools. The octopus employs venomous bites to paralyse prey, which it feeds on in ...

Octopuses are famed as wizards of camouflage and escapology. But when one hapless cephalopod got caught out in the open on a sandy Anglesey beach, its bright red colour made it a beacon for marauding ...

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Scientists aboard the American research vessel Nautilus Live recently got a special treat. An octopus showed its stuff for them, seemingly dancing amid the deep sea currents. It happened in the ...

Octopus sightings on dry land are extremely rare and Jamie and Stacey McNeil initially thought their collie had sniffed out something more prosaic. Worried it might not survive without help, Stacey, ...